http://www.fictionarts.com/ Fiction Arts en Mon, 05 May 2008 05:04:00 GMT Mon, 05 May 2008 05:04:00 GMT info@fictionarts.com info@fictionarts.com http://www.fictionarts.com/the-book-thief/ I am not a person who cries a lot over fictional things. There are people who cry when watching movies, or TV shows, or emotional books. I don't. Unless there's... http://www.fictionarts.com/the-book-thief/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/the-book-thief/ Mon, 05 May 2008 05:04:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/smug-voice/ In a previous post I mentioned my "Petty-Reasons-Why-I-Will-Thr ow-This-Book-Out-The-Window" list, and I bring it up again because the topic of this post is yet another thing I find extremely annoying... http://www.fictionarts.com/smug-voice/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/smug-voice/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:54:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/the-historian/ My life is a little bit busy at the moment, cluttered up by things I should have done weeks ago that have piled up, but what that means is that... http://www.fictionarts.com/the-historian/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/the-historian/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:24:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/stardust/ Today's post will be on Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Did I read it because I saw the movie? Surprisingly, no. I am reading it because it is set for a... http://www.fictionarts.com/stardust/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/stardust/ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:37:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/obernewtynthe-stone-key/ I promise that this is the last post I will make on the topic of Isobelle Carmody's The Stone Key. I have finished it now, and I just have a... http://www.fictionarts.com/obernewtynthe-stone-key/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/obernewtynthe-stone-key/ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:24:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/obernewtyn-supercomputer/ Well, I have almost finished reading The Stone Key by Isobelle Carmody, which, as I said before, is a very long book. For those who haven't read it, the basic... http://www.fictionarts.com/obernewtyn-supercomputer/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/obernewtyn-supercomputer/ Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:14:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/under-new-management/ Well, in case any longtime readers of Fiction Arts are wondering why the last few posts seem to be different from what they're used to, it is because this blog... http://www.fictionarts.com/under-new-management/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/under-new-management/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:38:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/memory/ First thing I'd like to say is thank you to everyone who has bothered to look at this blog and to leave comments. It's extremely encouraging to know that you're... http://www.fictionarts.com/memory/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/memory/ Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:11:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/getting-started/3/ Wow, I have my own blog. I'm always reading other people's blogs and reading about people with blogs and now I am one of them. Yes, small things excite me... http://www.fictionarts.com/getting-started/3/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/getting-started/3/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:38:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/welcome-readers-and-writers/ At least, you will probably either be an aspiring writer or an avid reader to have any interest in this blog. I have started this blog with two purposes in... http://www.fictionarts.com/welcome-readers-and-writers/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/welcome-readers-and-writers/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:32:03 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/alien/2/ The use of the familiar made alien only to be revealed as Other, is perhaps an even more powerful way of 'throwing the alien into relief.' The familiar is thrown... http://www.fictionarts.com/alien/2/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/alien/2/ Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:45:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/alien/1/ The Matrix uses cyberpunk conventions '...in that it centres upon the relationship of humanity to technology.' (Leblanc 1997: 6) and weaves them around postmodern (and pre-millennium) concerns about the nature... http://www.fictionarts.com/alien/1/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/alien/1/ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:42:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/alien-in-relief/3/ The fear of identity loss also reflects a broader concern over the dehumanisation of humanity in the face of modern reality, the creeping loss of individuality/humanity which Miles has noticed... http://www.fictionarts.com/alien-in-relief/3/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/alien-in-relief/3/ Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:01:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/alien-in-relief/2/ The foregrounding of the nova in a recognisable setting adds to the science fiction quality '...where the novum acts as symbolic manifestation of something, that connects it specifically with the... http://www.fictionarts.com/alien-in-relief/2/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/alien-in-relief/2/ Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fictionarts.com/alien-in-relief/1/ Adam Roberts defines one of the important aspects of science fiction as the ability 'to throw the alien into relief against a backdrop of familiarity, and therefore make the Otherness... http://www.fictionarts.com/alien-in-relief/1/#comments http://www.fictionarts.com/alien-in-relief/1/ Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:43:00 GMT